Wikipedia talk:Don't build the Frankenstein

IMDb

I removed the implication that IMDb's mistakes included listing people on television shows before they were born. First of all, the quoted page arose because people were confused by indications such as people like Meg Ryan and Julianne Moore, both born in 1961, appearing on shows such as As the World Turns (1956). However, the show ran for decades, thus making it possible for Ryan and Moore to appear on the show as adults, even though they weren't born when it debuted. This wasn't a factual error, just an oddity of formatting and display. Furthermore, IMDb has changed its formatting somewhat since the quoted page was written. The IMDb filmographies are chronological, and it used to be that a show like As the World Turns would turn up in the "1950s" section for anyone who was a cast member on that show. Now, however, appearances on television shows are listed based on the year in which the person most recently appeared on the show, at least according to IMDb's records. So ATWT now shows up in Ryan's filmography under 1982, and in Moore's under 2010 (she came back to the show for one episode a few months ago). It's not "building the Frankenstein" to say that David Gregory, born in 1970, is the host of Meet the Press (1947), because the show really has been on long enough for new generations to be born and appear on it. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:53, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

"Katie Perry"

I'll leave it to someone else to remove it, but I think the singer's name is actually Katy Perry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HuntClubJoe (talk • contribs) 22:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

• It's misspelled but it does not mean that it is not a good example. It's still verifiable. Algébrico (talk) 00:03, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
  • The cited sources for this statement both refer to their subjects as Katie Perry. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 05:06, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
  • So is the usage demonstrating a good faith error by spelling the subjects name incorrectly? Doesnt really matter what the WP:RS says, its wrong. Wouldnt be smart to makes errors on purpose to be inline with a source that was factually wrong. Fundamentally would be a disaster for an Encyclopedia.MaximusEditor (talk) 18:36, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Reversion war

CLCStudent can you please read the essay before reverting it like a bot? Do you really understand what the essay is about? Looloophole (talk) 15:06, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Nirvana

It appears that even the cited source is confused by the two bands named Nirvana. The link to AllMusic.com goes to the correct album, but if you click on the link "Nirvana" on the page, it takes you to the better known American band, which (correctly) does not mention the album at all in its discography. JIP | Talk 19:03, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Actor example

Using a (fictitious) example of actors with the same name is particularly poorly chosen. Acting is the one profession where they are forbidden from using the same name as another, even if it is their real name. SpinningSpark 22:30, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

• Do you have a source for this? JIP | Talk 15:44, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

  Not that I need to provide sources for the talk page of an essay, but here are two [1][2]. There have been many performers who were not able to use their real names but became hugely more famous than the person who had their birth name registered. Michael J. Fox, for instance, put in the fictitious "J" initial because there was already an obscure actor called Michael Fox. Michael Keaton was born Michael Douglas. Stewart Granger was born James Stewart, although in his case James Stewart is arguably more well known. SpinningSpark 18:33, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

I mean, why use a non-existent (and probably never will be existent) actor example when we could have a real Frankenstein?

Frankenstein was a character in a Mary Shelley book who became a monster. He later had a career as a rapper and wrestler. Until 1969, he lectured in pedagogy in Israel.

SpinningSpark 22:07, 26 November 2022 (UTC)